Why Is “Death Stranding” The Video Game People Took Seriously This Year?

Hideo Kojima’s latest release is strange, celebrated by critics, and highlights how hard it is for any video game to achieve mainstream legitimacy without a vast budget.

Steven Scaife

The Viral Mike Bloomberg Dance Video Is Actually Part Of A Comedy Bit

A spokesperson for the Bloomberg campaign confirmed that the person who posted the video is not associated with their campaign.

Ellie Hall

YouTube's End-Of-Year Videos Are Historically Bad. This Year It Somehow Got Hilariously Worse.

This week's newsletter: YouTube somehow put out an even worse "Rewind" video than in years before, and a former wedding influencer shows us how to transition into a divorce influencer.

Tanya Chen

The Most Iconic TV And Movie Characters From The 2010s

We asked BuzzFeed News writers to nominate the TV and movie characters who defined the 2010s. Here are our picks for the characters who will stick with us from this decade.

David Mack

Impeachment Today Podcast: They're The Most Interesting Lawyers In The World

In today's episode: Lawyers Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing are Fox News regulars who worked with Rudy Giuliani in his hunt for dirt in Kiev.

Impeachment Today

A Judge Dismissed A Lawsuit Filed By The Wrap When A Competing Site Hired Its Former Reporter

Matt Pressberg was hired by the Information just weeks after leaving the Wrap, which then sued over a noncompete clause in his contract.

Salvador Hernandez

A Police Officer Has Been Charged With Fondling A Dead Woman's Breasts While On Duty

David Rojas, a four-year veteran with the Los Angeles Police Department, was allegedly caught by his own body camera.

Brianna Sacks

Venmo Users Are Being Inundated With Payment Requests From Strangers

Spammers are targeting Venmo users who show up in the app’s public feed and flooding them with dozens of payment requests.

Nicole Nguyen

Students Are Reeling After The Stabbing Death Of A Manhattan Student In A Park: "It Could Have Been Any Of Us"

The death of Tessa Majors has set the Barnard College campus on edge.

Tasneem Nashrulla

ICE Destroyed Footage Of A Trans Asylum-Seeker Who Died In Custody Despite A Request To Save It

"It's completely ridiculous to suggest they didn't know they were supposed to preserve critical video footage," her attorney said.

Adolfo Flores

11 Pictures That Perfectly Capture The American Experience

“America is beautifully complicated and continuously evolving.”

Gabriel H. Sanchez

Opinion | Ask Any New Yorker: Rudy Giuliani Was Always This Bad

"A small man in search of a balcony," as one columnist memorably described him. Nothing has changed.

Clyde Haberman

This Dedicated Science Professor Has Gone Super Viral For His Incredible Stunts In Class

"This is how you inspire future generations."

David Mack

The Jersey City Shooters Were "Fueled" By Hatred Of Jews And Law Enforcement

The FBI is investigating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism.

Julia Reinstein

The Infowars News Director Said He’s “Proud” The Site Called The Sandy Hook Shooting A Hoax

"I am proud of that."

Brianna Sacks

The "Peloton Wife" Is Speaking Out, Saying Her Face Was The Problem In The Infamous Ad

Monica Ruiz spoke out about being the face of the widely panned Peloton commercial.

Tasneem Nashrulla

12 People Talk Honestly About How They Paid Off Their Debt

“When I made the final payment, I actually felt shame. I should be happy, but it seems like a lot of my cohort paid theirs off like a decade or more ago?"

Anne Helen Petersen

The Sort-Of Socialist Church Is Taking A Radical Approach To Christianity

Jubilee Baptist is a quasi-socialist, anti-racist, LGBTQ-affirming church conducting a bold experiment: focusing on debt, work, and freedom from oppression instead of fear and moralism.

Anne Helen Petersen

A First-Year College Student Was Stabbed To Death Walking In A Manhattan Park

Tessa Majors was in her first year at Barnard College.

Mary Ann Georgantopoulos

Greta Thunberg Changed Her Twitter Bio After Trump Mocked Her For Being Time's Person Of The Year

"Greta Thunberg is handling being bullied by the President of the United States much better than I would be. I’m genuinely proud of her."

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Texting With Deval Patrick: “None Of The Labels Work”

In The Stakes 2020, BuzzFeed News' political newsletter, former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick says he isn't worried about his late entry in the 2020 primary race.

Ben Smith

These Are The Victims Of The Jewish Deli Shooting Attack In Jersey City

"People are reeling."

Amber Jamieson

At Least The Married Lawyers Who Helped Bring Us The Impeachment Scandal Are Having Fun

You may not know them well, but you know their work: Victoria Toensing and Joe diGenova have been at the center of major political news for 40 years. And we might not be in the middle of impeachment without them.

Miriam Elder

The US Is Once Again The Villain At The UN Climate Summit

“The US is using its last chance to cover its ass,” one activist told BuzzFeed News.

J. Lester Feder

Trump’s Impeachment Is A Foregone Conclusion In The House. What A Senate Trial Looks Like Is Anyone’s Guess

"I can see this thing turning into a circus, and I really have no interest in that,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham.

Paul McLeod

Here Are The Winners Of The 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards

As voted by the readers.

Arianna Rebolini

These Are The Decade-Defining Words Of The 2010s

In the 2010s, the internet completely changed the way we talk.

Emerson Malone

Here Are The Top 10 Dance Memes On TikTok In 2019

From Mariah Carey's "Obsessed" to "Spooky, Scary Skeletons."

Lauren Strapagiel

WWF Has Suspended Support For Rangers At A Major Nature Reserve After A Suspicious Death

Guards at Salonga National Park, backed by the global mega-charity, have been accused of gang rape and torture. Authorities there are now investigating a “tragic” discovery.

Tom Warren

10 Years Ago, DNA Tests Were The Future Of Medicine. Now They’re A Social Network — And A Data Privacy Mess.

We were offered personalized medicine. Instead, we got Facebook for our DNA.

Peter Aldhous

You Wanted Same-Sex Marriage? Now You Have Pete Buttigieg.

To a lot of progressive queer people, Buttigieg’s campaign symbolizes everything the marriage-focused mainstream gay rights movement has failed to deliver.

Shannon Keating

"The Royals" Star Elizabeth Hurley Said Harry And Meghan Have More Privacy Than People In Showbiz

The star of Marvel's series Runaways also explained why she'd be against doing another Austin Powers movie.

David Mack